UNIT 2 ICT

ICT Textbook website

19/06/08

I have learn't that the contents of chapter 5 is all about programming and scripting.
An electronic journal is used to record new knowledge and skills.
Debugging and testing software is also apart of programming and scripting.

20/06/08

17/07/08

18/07/08

Today I have been trying to learn new skills on gamemaker like making an object jump
I have also been using the tutorials to help me learn new things about gamemaker
I found the tutorials hard to use as some of the parts aren't very clear at all

22/07/08

Today I have been working on the space invaders tutorial
How to make an explosion
And I have also learnt how to put two things into a back ground with the ground and the space background
I am now having a go at making my own game

25/07/08

I have finished my space invaders game from the other week
I got my shooter to shoot properly
I made a score system which makes you lose ten points each time you miss the aliens
And I have learn't how to make a sprite turn and face the other way.

29/07/08

I have continued to work on my own game trying to learn new things
I tried to use the health scorer but it wasn't working the way I wanted it to so I scraped it
Josh taught me how to make something chase my character
He also showed me how to make my character move smoothly over the platform because I had programmed it wrong

31/07/08

Today I have continured to use the things I learn't yesterday, like making the player move smoothly over the surfaces by put the vertical speed setting on that surface to 0.
I have continued on with my own game making new rooms and trying to come up with fresh ideas
I need to incorperate some shooting into my game tomorrow so I am comfortable with knowing how to do that properly
I also want to bring in some sort of scorer of points system into the game
As well as maybe some sound effects or something

1/08/08

I have kept working on my own game today
Josh has taught me how to make an object shoot at my object
He has also helped me make my sonic jump better, so you don't have to press the button heaps to keep it in the air
I have learnt how to make my object change into another object by making a collision and using the change instance button
Next session I will need to make a tally

5/08/08

I did a bit of work on my own game today, I made the player sprite turn into another sprite
I fixed up a few things on my game that needed to be changed around like some of the transperancy settings
Now I have started the SAC
I have completed the first task which was pretty simple and I am now on the second task
At the moment I am having trouble with making my character shoot, so thats where I am at

8/8/08

Today I have been working on my SAC
I was still having trouble with the shooting thing, so I made it a bit more simpler but it still took me a while to do
I completed the second task by making the sprite face the other way
I then completed task 3 by binging in a door, and making a new room etc.

19/08/08

I have finished off my third task which I thought needed a few tweaks
I then started on task 4 with making an object go towards the player, making objects disappear, adding sound effects
I have a couple of things to complete on task 4.

21/08/08

Today I have completed the things left in task 4.
I am now working on task 5 which I am finding a bit hard
Tomorrow I will need to try and figure out a few things before I can complete the programming side of the SAC.

22/08/08

Today I completed what I could do of my SAC.
In the 5th task I could only do two tasks that I knew how to do, I wasn't able to complete some of the parts of task 5 but I am happy with the rest of the tasks that I have completed all of the different steps.
I also added some more sounds to my game to make it more interesting
I will now start work on the Careers side of the SAC. Much of this will need to be completed at home however.